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This page is part of a resource collection: Tracking ICE During the Second Trump Administration.

See also: ICE’s Traumatization of Children.

News: 2026

January 14.   Erica Zurek: Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt.

January 23.   Alexandra Villarreal: ‘There are kids not going to school’: fear of ICE is keeping children from classes in Connecticut.

January 31.   Jennifer Bendery: ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children To Take. Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.

February 3.   Chelsea Bailey: Absences and loss of innocence: ICE raids leave behind a heavy weight in Minnesota schools.

February 4.   Corina Knoll: What the Crackdown Has Done to Minneapolis Children.

February 10.   Melissa Whitler: The kids are not alright — ICE threatens children’s short-term health, long-term prospects.

February 17.   Alisha Ebrahimji: She’s a US citizen, but this 10-year-old knows where to hide at school if ICE shows up.

February 24.   Hannah Psalma Ramirez: How Trump’s immigration raids are upending the education playbook: Educators fear immigration raids will have long-term consequences similar to the Covid-19 pandemic like increased student absences and anxiety and declining academic performance.

News: 2025

June 9.   Howard Blume: LAUSD will deploy school police to set up safe zones around campuses, graduations amid ICE raids

July 15.   Hayley Meissner: Baseball coach says ICE agents questioned kids at practice: ‘This can happen to anybody.’

November 23.   Marina Dunbar: ICE detained teenaged US citizen during school lunch break.

December 9.   ABC News: Immigration raids impact: Attendance dropped, bullying increased in high schools.

December 10.   Sam Levin: Immigrant students experience more bullying as ICE raids cause ‘culture of fear’, says survey. In survey, US school principals describe ‘climate of distress’ and declines in student attendance amid crackdowns.

December 16.   Seth Lavin: I’m an elementary school principal. Students live in fear of ICE.